Media Matters - Joe Scarborough

Media Matters - Joe Scarborough http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/joe_scarborough This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Joe Scarborough en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Scarborough again baselessly claimed Franken can "steal" votes in Minnesota Senate race http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210010 On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough again suggested that Al Franken is willing to "steal" votes in order to prevail against Sen. Norm Coleman. In making the suggestion, Scarborough again gave no evidence of any wrongdoing by Franken. Gov. Tim Pawlenty stated as recently as November 16 that "[a]s of this moment, there is no actual evidence of wrongdoing or fraud in the process." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210010 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:19:58 EST Joe Scarborough: "If Al Franken steals enough votes in Minnesota, [Dems] get to 60" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190006 Discussing the possibility of Democrats gaining a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, Joe Scarborough stated, "So, with [Sen. Ted] Stevens losing, Democrats have 58 [senators and Senator-elects]. They've got this run-off in Georgia, which could get them to 59. ... If Al Franken steals enough votes in Minnesota, they get to 60. I'm not saying he stole any votes, I'm just saying, as a Republican from Florida, I mean, it's a close race. Steal some votes, you get over the top." In fact, Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty has repeatedly said there is no actual evidence of fraud in the vote count of the state's Senate race. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190006 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:08:41 EST Scarborough falsely claimed Obama said the Warren Court was "not, quote, 'radical enough' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280021 Joe Scarborough falsely claimed that, during a 2001 radio interview, Sen. Barack Obama said that "the Warren Court was not, quote, 'radical enough.' " In fact, Obama didn't say the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was not "radical enough." Scarborough also falsely claimed that during the interview Obama said "the Warren Court did not go far enough, that actually one of the great tragedies was there was no redistribution of wealth." In fact, the "traged[y]" Obama identified during the interview was that the civil rights movement relied too much on the courts in its efforts to bring about political and economic justice. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280021 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:19:21 EST Scarborough misquoted Obama regarding Lewis remarks, then called the statement Obama didn't make "shocking" and "staggering" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160016 On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said during the October 15 presidential debate that Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) "drew appropriate comparisons" in a statement invoking George Wallace and a church bombing in criticizing "the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, Obama said that Lewis "inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening [at McCain-Palin rallies] and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate" [emphasis added]. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160016 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:01:40 EST Media continue to repeat Cindy McCain's comment about troop funding without noting her husband's own vote http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090006 The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Morning Joe reported Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son while he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports noted that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090006 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:23:31 EST MSNBC.com's First Read, MSNBC's Morning Joe uncritically reported Palin's misquote of Albright, ignored Albright's explanation of her remarks http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060005 MSNBC.com's First Read and MSNBC's Morning Joe uncritically reported Gov. Sarah Palin's misquote of remarks by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, while ignoring Albright's actual quote and her reported elaboration on her remarks. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060005 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:08:22 EST Scarborough did not challenge McCain's false claim that Eisenhower wrote a "letter of resignation" before D-Day http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030018 On Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false assertion that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower wrote "a letter of resignation from the Army" in case the D-Day invasion failed, a claim that McCain also made during the September 26 presidential debate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030018 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:46:31 EST Scarborough falsely asserted that Obama "wants" "higher taxes" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290007 On Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "wants" "higher taxes." In fact, the Tax Policy Center concluded that, compared to Sen. John McCain, "Obama would give larger tax cuts to low- and moderate-income households and pay some of the cost by raising taxes on high-income taxpayers" -- those households earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290007 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:38:16 EST Morning Joe hosts did not ask McCain adviser to reconcile her attack on Obama with her claim that "our campaign is suspended" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250010 On Morning Joe, Nicolle Wallace, senior adviser to Sen. John McCain's campaign, stated that "our campaign is suspended" pending agreement on legislation to address the country's current financial situation, and later accused Sen. Barack Obama of having "done exactly zero" to produce bipartisan legislation. Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski did not ask Wallace to reconcile her appearance and her attack on Obama with her claim that McCain's campaign is "suspended." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250010 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:33:44 EST Morning Joe uncritically aired McCain's false claim that Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain falsely claiming that Sarah Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from." In fact, as Factcheck.org noted, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the United States consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:28:02 EST Scarborough: Media will talk about "[w]hatever the McCain campaign wants us to talk about, because the McCain campaign is assertive" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809100018 After likening cable TV to "a 500-pound guy looking for a 100-pound burro to get on" and then "rides it until it dies," Chris Matthews said to Joe Scarborough, "I want to ask you, what will we talk about two days from now?" Scarborough replied: "Whatever the McCain campaign wants us to talk about, because the McCain campaign is assertive." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809100018 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:22:46 EST ABC reports that Republicans are mocking Democrats' columned stage, not that 2004 GOP convention stage also had columns http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280015 Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer echoed Republican talking points mocking the stage at Invesco Field in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama plans to give his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for president, for including a structure with columns. But Roberts and Sawyer failed to mention that the stage at the Republican National Convention in 2004 also included columns. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280015 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:31:07 EST Morning Joe let McCain campaign manager describe attack ad as "the truth," despite colleague Mitchell's reporting that it "literally is not true" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290006 On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough did not challenge McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' assertion that a McCain campaign ad attacking Sen. Barack Obama for not visiting wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany was "the truth," despite reporting by their colleague, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, that the ad's criticism of Obama is "completely wrong, factually wrong" and "literally is not true." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290006 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:03:49 EST MSNBC's Buchanan falsely suggested Obama did not visit wounded troops, repeated smears of Obama's patriotism http://mediamatters.org/items/200807280005 On Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan asserted that an ad by Sen. John McCain attacking Sen. Barack Obama for not visiting the U.S. military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany played into "the sense that, you know, Barack is not one of us. He's just not a normal guy who would go see the wounded troops." In fact, Andrea Mitchell reported that, while in Iraq, Obama "visited a casualty unit in the Green Zone, without photographers, as part of the congressional delegation." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807280005 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:02:17 EST Scarborough repeats McCain's falsehood that he called for Rumsfeld's resignation, despite MSNBC's previous correction http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170008 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough repeated the falsehood that Sen. John McCain called for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation, saying, "I think he [McCain] was saying that Rumsfeld should be fired." Although MSNBC previously corrected this falsehood, and a McCain spokesman reportedly acknowledged that McCain "did not call for his resignation," MSNBC hosts have repeatedly failed to correct guests' assertions that he did so. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:02:14 EST